WILMINGTON, Del. –– The Delaware Supreme Court has affirmed awards of summary judgment entered in favor of five asbestos defendants, opining that the plaintiffs had failed to present evidence from which a jury could reasonably infer that the decedent’s father was in proximity to the products distributed by the defendants.

The state high court issued the three-page order affirming the judgments on Feb. 6; in it, the Supreme Court said the Superior Court was correct to grant summary judgment.

The Superior Court had awarded summary judgment in favor of five remaining defendants in the underlying take-home asbestos exposure case, granting ...